1. العيشُ بين الرذال شوم

    لومهم ركة ولوم

    Living among the vile is ill luck.

    Blaming them is weakness and blame.

  2. ما ظالم جاهل غبي

    ملزمه ملزما ظلوم

    An ignorant fool is no wrongdoer;

    the one who compels him is deeply unjust in doing so.

  3. من لم يكن عالما لبيبا

    طبعا أبت طبعه العلوم

    Whoever is not learned and discerning

    by nature—the sciences reject his disposition.

  4. وكل خلق له مقام

    فيه على طبعه ويقوم

    And every creature has a station,

    in which it stands according to its nature.

  5. والجاهل الرذل في عذاب

    يشقى ويشقى به الكريم

    And the base ignoramus is in torment:

    he suffers, and because of him the noble man suffers.